Dsus2 ukulele chord

Open and unresolved. The third is replaced by a second, so the chord is neither major nor minor.

D suspended 2nd · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes

How to Play Dsus2 on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 2200: G string 2nd fret · C string 2nd fret · E string open · A string open.

Dsus2 ukulele chord, Open position

Open position

2 2 0 0

Dsus2 ukulele chord, Up the neck, fret 44

Up the neck, fret 4

7 4 5 5

Dsus2 ukulele chord, Up the neck, fret 77

Up the neck, fret 7

7 9 0 7

Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.

Notes in Dsus2

D
root
E
2nd
A
5th

A ukulele has four strings, so a 3-note chord doubles one of its notes on the spare string. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.

Dsus2 on Other Instruments

  • Guitar: see the Dsus2 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
  • Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 0230. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
  • Same notes: Dsus2 contains exactly the notes of Asus4, so one shape plays both.

Tune first

A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.

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